SonyEricsson LiveView update now available

We did review of the SonyEricsson LiveView before Christmas, and it was not without its teething problems – especially around connections. Sony promised an early update, and true to their word they have now released it. The release promises much improved connections, improved compatibility with 3rd party phones, …

New year, new Apple class action

So with antenna gate hanging over Apple in 2010, the tech giant could have been forgiven for thinking new year new start, but not so! Welcome everyone to 2011’s Glassgate, This latest action revolves around Donald LeBuhn who is suing apple because when his daughter dropped his iPhone …

Notion ink Adam Rooted, FCC pictures….

More on the Notion Ink Adam has started to come out now that it is arriving in the hands of eager punters. First up, and really rather importantly, it has been rooted, to those that don’t know, this enables the device to be unlocked and hacked, the most significant thing …

Facebook updates Android app

Facebook have just updated their Android app on the market. New improvements include the addition of deals, chat and push notifications. Its great to see the Chat functionality finally being added, especially as iOS has had this feature for some time already. Facebook deals provides access to savings …

Android 7″ Tablet available through BT

Another cheap Android tablet to add to the collection now and BT have this, the “Storage Options” 7″ touch-screen ARM11 2GB Android 2.1 tablet. It’s just £132.75 and the reviews posted on the product page seem to be positive so far, although the manual seems to be a …

Google spill the beans on Android 3.0 Platform Highlights

Google have released a few more details on Honeycomb and the new features it will bring to the party. The Platform Highlights page elaborates a little more on new UI additions like the new System Bar and Action Bar as well the improved task switcher for multitasking and …

Classic Worms Game availabe for Android

Worms was originally released in the nineties on a variety of platforms. It is a turn by turn action game where your team of worms has to kill the other team of worms. Today EA Games have released it onto the Android platform. It is available for a special …

Samsung Galaxy Tab Price Drop

In the last few days; probably in reaction to the news of the new Galaxy Tab, Amazon have dropped the price of the existing galaxy tab. I spotted this whilst using the new amazon app yesterday.   The other retailers that stock these have yet to follow suit. Google …

HTC Desire 2 snapped for real?

Another handset we saw last week in rendered form has now popped out for a stroll (or train ride) right next to a hidden camera. If we’ve got this right it could .. possibly.. be the Desire 2. A front-facing camera is visible but other than that we’ll …

HTC device lacks buttons, packs mystery

A few days ago a very convincing render appeared on Pocketnow showing a HTC / Verizon device without any buttons. This handset, which appears to pack a bulge around the back, has now appeared in the flesh on Mobile01 complete with Verizon branding. Nothing really to tell you …

More on the Facebook phone – Blackberry killer?

After yesterday’s rumours of Facebook phones, more information is coming out. BGR have a tipster that was part of a focus group for what could be the Facebook phone, with more details of what could be in store. The phone will be cloud based and location aware – …

Contactless payments with your phone from Everything Everywhere and Barclaycard

Everything Everywhere, the joint Orange and T-Mobile venture, are today announcing the UK’s first ever commercial “contactless” mobile payments service. It’s rolling out in the second quarter of 2011 and will be available in over 40,000 stores. In partnership with Barclaycard it’ll mean that you can pay for …

HTC Facebook phones coming?

A Facebook phone has been rumoured for sometime, but it now looks as though two might be coming. The rumours are the HTC are responsible and will be presenting two Android based devices at MWC, with Facebook pushed to the fore. Given HTC’s excellent work on integrating Facebook into …

Windows Phone 7 – 2 million sold .. to stores and networks

Numbers. People LOVE numbers. Lots of us have been standing around outside the Microsoft HQ trying to get an idea on how the Windows Phone 7 handsets are doing. Well, we’ve had some details trickling out but now, through a Bloomberg interview, Microsoft Senior Product Manage Greg Sullivan …

Samsung S2 & Tab 2 Due At MWC?

PocketNow have just posted an image from the PR brief for the big event at Mobile World Congress next month with a run down of the evening and times. As you can see from 19:30 until 20:04 there are presentations on the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Samsung …

Android 3.0 SDK preview released.

Google have just released Android 3.0 SDK preview for download. It’s basically allows developers to test their applications ready for Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ , the upcoming  Operating system that is apparently optimised/designed for Tablets. More importantly for the most of us, it gives an insight into what Honeycomb …

Engadget Get Hands On With The Xperia Play

This phone has to be one of the worst kept secrets in the mobile phone industry for quite a while with various prototype devices floating around various websites. We have had video’s of the device running, loads of pictures at every possible angle and a run down of specifications, all we need …

Official Amazon app now in the Market

Shopping on your mobile seems to be a growing trend. Tesco have an (iPhone) app, eBay has an (unofficial) app and Google have their “Shopper” app. Amazon though have now released their own official Android application which adds barcode scanning and 1-click ordering for fast and secure online …

Google to tweak Android Market, improve purchase stats

There’s a healthy library of apps in the Android Market, that’s a given, but there’s also a selection of pretty poor ones too. Google look set to correct this with a larger “human team” charged with removing apps that violate the Android Market terms and conditions. They will …